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The Examiner spoke with Dr. Peter Hotez, Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Founding Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, on June 19 about Middle East...

Both the United States Embassy and U.S. Forces Korea continue to express concern regarding the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the Republic of Korea. There are about 28,000 U.S. troops stationed in that nation, and a large...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday asked healthcare officials to remain extra vigilant when examining patients exhibiting symptoms associated with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) including severe respiratory...

The number of cases of MERS in South Korea has increased to 126, Reuters reported today. There have been ten related deaths. All of the fatal illnesses are believed to have been in patients with preexisting medical problems. A small number of...

More patients in South Korea have become infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS, virus. Reuters reported today that the latest announcement from the government adds 13 more patients and 2 deaths to the toll taken by the outbreak....

After only 3-weeks, South Korea has not become the 2nd most country affected by MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) following Saudi Arabia (which has been battling the infectious virus for the past 3-years). With a reported 87 cases, including...

The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to grow in South Korea, with the New York Time reporting a total of 64 cases and five deaths in a June 6 article. The South Korean government has announced the names...

A third patient in South Korea has died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS, and thousands are under quarantine according to an article in today's New York Times. Over 1,100 schools have closed. The total number of patients who have...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has claimed its first two lives in South Korea, Reuters reported today. Over 700 people are believed to be quarantined due to their exposure to infected patients. Many of the illnesses have been contracted...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has not disappeared, despite the reduction in media reporting on the disease. The latest outbreaks are in South Korea and China, according to NPR on May 30, and resulted from a patient who contracted the...

The World Health Organization has issued a June 11 report on the cases of MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, which were diagnosed in Iran. It also includes confirmed worldwide totals for illnesses. The WHO states that it has records for 683...

The number of cases of illness caused by MERS Co-V in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia went up 20 percent June 3 with the surprise announcement by the Saudis that 113 cases had been discovered following a review of records. The Health Ministry, with...

The Centers for Disease Control, on May 28, reversed a previous diagnosis from May 17 that MERS had been transmitted from a patient in Indiana to a business associate in Illinois. While initial blood tests suggested that the Illinois man had...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was first discovered in 2012, and has killed roughly 200 people since its discovery. Two cases have been found in the U.S. Now, according to a May 26, 2014 article on BBC, scientists are attempting to...